Muscular strength, body composition and health responses to the use of testosterone enanthate: A double blind study

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 341-355

  Giorgi, Anthony ^a   Weatherby, Robert P ^a   Murphy, Peter W ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b North Coast Radiology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE;

ACNE; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALOPECIA; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRRITABILITY; LIBIDO; MALE; MOOD; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRAINING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0033385650     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1440-2440(99)80007-3     Document Type: Article

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